What is Faux Leather Fabric?

Leather is a popular fabric because it looks good, feels good and even smells good!  It is a real material, made from the sacrifice of a cow.  Because it s a real and somewhat limited product, it can be very expensive.  If you re interested in purchasing leather fabric, you may want to consider faux leather fabric as an alternative. What is faux leather? Faux leather is a man made material designed to look like real leather.  A big advantage of using faux leather fabric is the price.  You will find that faux leather fabric is much less expensive that using real leather.  It can also be easier to work with.  When purchasing real leather, an average hide runs about 45-60 square feet.  Should your project require a larger fabric piece, you would need to purchase multiple hides, and this will result in multiple pieces of your leather fabric that will need to be sown together.  With faux leather fabric, you can purchase the number of yards that you need in one piece. Will I be abl

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